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Eco Terrorist May Have Burned Seattle Homes
2008-03-04 19:31:00 Authorities believe eco-terroist are responsible for the destruction of three homes in a Seattle suburb. The homes were located on the “Street of Dreams”, a showcase “of unoccupied, furnished luxury model homes where tens of thousands of visitors last summer eyed the latest in high-end housing, interior design and landscaping.” A sheet marked ... More About: Environment , Real Estate , General , Fire
Ex-Cop Gets 57 Years for Killing
2008-02-28 05:03:00 Bobby Cutts Jr. will be 87 when he’s eligible for parole. The former police officer killed Jessie Davis and what may have been his unborn child. After the crime, he left his toddler son Blake alone, crying in a soiled diaper. Add his name to the list along with Scott Petersen, ... More About: Murder , Current Events , Years , Criminal Justice
Midnight Current Events Roundup
2008-02-27 08:49:00 Christopher Dodd endorses Obama. (Vercaifer) Hillary and Barack blame one another for all kinds of stuff during the Ohio debate. (The Huffington Report) McCain predicts that Iraq might cost him the election? (Crooks and Liars) What does Cuba think of Raul? (Drury University) College students claim they were thrown off Southwest flight because they were too pretty. (Breaking ... More About: News , Politics , Security , Elections , Technology
Is Hillary Making a Mistake?
2008-02-27 00:07:00 Or is that mistakes? After only making one misstep in last week’s Texas debate(that Xerox comment was a horrible moment) I thought the Clinton camp had learned their lesson. Don’t be mean to Barack Obama . It doesn’t work. It doesn’t make you look good, or strong or competent. It only ... More About: Insurance , Health Care , Hillary Clinton , Healthcare
Open for Business
2008-02-26 04:56:00 Greetings readers, I’m the new blogger here at Current Events Watch. I’ll not even try to fill Doug’s shoes. Know that up front. He’s far cleverer than I. Instead I can only be me…or is it myself or I? Doug would know this. See I told you. Moving on. I’ve been at 451 press for ... More About: News , Business , General , Open
Good Night, Everybody
2008-02-18 07:34:00 Proprietorship of Current Events Watch will soon become another’s. I don’t want to let it go, I really don’t. Since given the opportunity last year to write for 451 Press on this site, I feel like it has become my baby. We’ve debated amongst ourselves (yes, there are several of me) about this, but the ... More About: General , Night , Good , Good Night
Shot Through The Heart
2008-02-15 06:35:00 I enjoy this picture very much. If only it was not just flight of fancy, so to speak. Karma finally catching up with Cupid. And what better fitting and ironic the manner of his demise, given his centuries-old fixation with chucking quiversful of arrows into the most schmaltzy of hearts? Channeling Susan Powter, I’d say ... More About: Society , General , Current Events , Heart , Offbeat
The Fascist Gun In The West
2008-02-12 02:39:00 A few years ago, political scientist Laurence Britt dissected the regimes of the most infamous of all fascists: Hitler, Mussolini, Franco and Suharto. You have no doubt read or seen this before, but brushing up on history never hurt anyone. There are lessons to be learned from mistakes of the past. However, considering that for the last ... More About: Society , Politics , Security , Government , Military
The Subliminal McCain
2008-02-09 03:26:00 McCain. Who’d have thunk it? War veteran, border state maverick hero … and possible pedophilic incestuous quick shooter. You be the judge. Impressive wood, though, I must say. And I hear that there are exercises a guy can do to get that “quick shoot” thing under control. Yep, Lucas McCain, The Rifleman. Civil War vet, rebel do-gooder ... More About: Politics , Government , General , Current Events , Offbeat
Officially Tired
2008-02-05 07:31:00 Super Bowl XLII did not quite end as I had hoped or expected. Still it was exciting, particularly the Giant’s final offensive play with a mere 35 seconds left on the clock, taking the lead and effectively quashing the Patriots’ hopes for an undefeated season. Who doesn’t love football? I took a bit of a power ... More About: Society , World , General , Current Events , Issues
God No Longer On Edge
2008-02-03 07:20:00 To postulate that we all trust in God is perhaps just a tad bit presumptuous, don’t you think? I mean, many don’t even believe in, or are at best iffy about, the existence of a supreme entity in the first place, so I’m fairly certain that those folks would probably take issue. “We trust whom? ... More About: Society , Government , General , Current Events , Issues
Edwards Exits, Stage Left
2008-01-31 03:37:00 John Edwards … over and out. I really thought he would stick with it through Super Tuesday but, in reality, I suppose the timing makes sense. If you’ve been barely passing all semester, chances are you’re not going to be able to pull an A+ out of your ass come next week’s big exam. So dropping ... More About: Society , Politics , Government , Current Events , Issues
Hard-Core Me
2008-01-28 08:50:00 I took this test today. Final score? At the bottom of the results page, I’m told that my “political philosophy is hard-core liberal.” WOOT! Not only that, but my number one candidate match was … you guessed it, give it up for my favorite little munchkin … Dennis Kucinich! Of course, not really a candidate anymore. ... More About: Politics , Government , General , Current Events , Issues
Thoughts Following The Republican Debate ?
2008-01-26 10:14:00 I still have my Kerry-Edwards yard signs, pins, bumper stickers, magnets and sundry loser paraphernalia from 2004. Don’t really know why. I hoard. (Thank goodness this isn’t a podcast lest my reputation be tarnished! For the record, I’m not even nappy-headed.) Waste of money, that was. Not to mention a waste of time. It took me ... More About: Society , Politics , Government , Republican , Current Events
Filler Post
2008-01-25 06:34:00 Talk about current events! My own, of course, because today it’s all about me me me. Or maybe it’s just me me me making excuses for not writing lately. Whatever. Sometimes life happens in the real world. Distracting, really. I prefer it here in the ether. Unfortunately I’ve been forced to deal with brick and ... More About: General , Post
Kentucky?s Bully Pulpit
2008-01-19 22:29:00 Keep those young Kentucky fingers crossed, boys and girls! The freaks, geeks and fuglies may wish to cross their toes as well, for good measure. If the House Education Committee has its way, the days of being picked on, pushed around, beaten up and beaten down will soon come to an end. The HEC unanimously approved an ... More About: Society , General , Current Events , Issues , Homosexuality
Democratic Ménage à Trois
2008-01-17 09:40:00 In a tight race, with all being unquestionably worthy competitors, you’d think it would behoove the top three to step it up a notch in campaigning for the nomination, never knowing who might next take the lead or come nipping at their heels. With such pressure, platitudinal rhetoric is bupkis. Forced by necessity to take ... More About: Politics , Government , Democratic , Current Events , Issues
Guest Blogger - Mike Huckabee
2008-01-14 00:30:00 By Mike Huckabee First, I’d like to sincerely thank Doug Robertson for allowing me this opportunity to contribute. I’ll admit I was more than a bit surprised at the invitation. After all, he does moderate my comments (I have yet to see one posted), and he has been less than kind toward me from time to ... More About: Politics , Government , Blogger , General , Current Events
Musical Tase
2008-01-13 11:00:00 I was sitting here this evening, illegally downloading some old Lenny Kravitz tunage (Limewire rocks), reminded of why I was such a Kravitz fan back in the day. Good stuff. iPod playlist worthy, no doubt! A new mix for the morning run. Of course, as I’m sure we’ll all agree, when clipping our Shuffles or Nanos ... More About: Society , Musical , General , Current Events , Offbeat
Drawling Early Conclusions
2008-01-11 07:31:00 While the remaining Democratic presidential contenders in all probability are honing their drawls and scanning the pages of their translative English-to-Southern dictionaries, the better to woo South Carolinians later this month, native son John Edwards has some clear advantages this time around. Born and raised in that neck of the woods, and as one of the ... More About: Politics , Government , General , Issues , Patriotism
America, Love It Or Leave It?
2008-01-07 09:44:00 Bill Clinton, at his 1993 inaugural address, said, “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” I wish that I still believed, but I’m not so sure anymore. I miss Bill. And I miss my rose-colored glasses. Now I simply see red. All that George Bush and his ... More About: Society , Politics , Government , International
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Barack
2008-01-05 06:23:00 I must say I was rather surprised that Obama got the thumbs up from Iowans last night. Not exactly flabbergasted, mind you, but I really didn’t expect to see him emerge as the Democratic victor in doubtless one of the whitest amongst white states. Maybe a racially prejudiced presumption on my part, I admit. My ... More About: Society , Politics , Government , Current Events , Issues
Papal Bull
2008-01-02 11:30:00 You learn something new every day. For instance, today I learned all about papal bulls. For the sake of the ignorant, a papal bull is a decree to all of Christendom by God’s one and only earthly ambassador and ordained talking head, the pope. Who knew? Admittedly, there will probably be few occasions that this knowledge ... More About: Society , General , Current Events , Issues , Homosexuality
2008 Unwritten
2008-01-01 10:45:00 January 1, 2008 . No political rant, no we’re-here-we’re-queer-get-us ed-to-it tirade, no anti-war diatribe, no Bush-sucks invective. Nope. There’s always tomorrow to get back into that groove. For now, though, Happy New Year to all. I wish the best for everyone in the new year. Cheers! The blank page is before you, this is where your book begins. I ... More About: General , Current Events , Offbeat
Ergo Propter Romney
2007-12-31 22:26:00 The year is 1996. Ridgefield, Connecticut. Fourteen-year-old raver girl bails, hits the Big Apple, hooks up with delinquent colleagues. Concert, party un, party deux, throw in some Ecstasy. Later that same night across the river in New Jersey. Girl, buzzed on X, crashes at fellow raver boy’s house. Hangs out for a couple of days with ... More About: Politics , Government , Current Events , Election 2008 , Romney
Huckabee, Bhutto And The Mexican Border
2007-12-29 09:27:00 Contrary to popular belief, vertical stripes are not necessarily slimming. Just look at this Huckabee family photo from the good ol’ gubernatorial days! Yikes. Even the inexplicable elbow patches don’t distract from the fattiness of this clan. Of course Mike Huckabee has since become fit, trim, in shape and ready to participate in the 2008 ... More About: Politics , Government , International , World , Mexican
Romney Rebuffed
2007-12-27 00:50:00 It’s all about endorsements. In every presidential election, candidates clamor to obtain the backing of this union, that ethnic community, a fellow politician, or the editorial staff of some influential newspaper. Personally, I don’t care who is giving props to whom. I’ll make up my own mind, thank you very much, regardless of whether or ... More About: Politics , Government , General , Current Events , Issues
Merry Christmas, World!
2007-12-25 01:54:00 It’s the holiday season, and who doesn’t love Christmas ? It is indeed the most wonderful time of the year! I personally never hear sleigh bells ring no matter how closely I’m listenin’, nor do I roast chestnuts on a fire, open or otherwise. Apparently some do, though, so in those respects I can only celebrate vicariously through ... More About: Society , Religion , International , World
A Duty To Disobey
2007-12-22 04:41:00 “Well, I think … if you are ever going to go destroy a country or wreak havoc on a country, it would need to be justified.” These, the words of 28-year-old Jeremy Hinzman, ex-Army paratrooper formerly with the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Carolinian no longer, he’s now hanging out in Toronto, Canada with ... More About: Politics , Security , Government , International , Iraq
Rendering Judgement
More articles from this author:2007-12-21 23:26:00 I have a warrant out for my arrest. No kidding. The boys in blue actually showed up a few weeks ago to haul my felonious ass to the slammer. They did, however, acknowledged that they probably had better things to do, and let me off the hook with a stern directive to get to the ... More About: Society , Government , International , World , General 1, 2 |
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